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WILLAMETTE FARMER: SALEM, OREGON, SEPTEMBER 3 1886 m$MsgmLm WssssmB iwuwt eTcry Week by the niTIIXAMETTE FAUMKIl itiimhiiinci o. W TKIIM8 OK BUIIBCHIITIO.N Bx monUu, (rostaBa pIJ), In Klncu.. 1-2J tot thn ifx montfn will be, per month M AIlVKIlSIBINO RATK8 1 AdwtliemenU will be Inserted, "nS ,n ,c eepectble, t the rollontr Ublo ol rite 1 Om Inch ol (pace -wr month... -"J fikree Inchce ol apace, pel month toe-half column per month !" M mIimikmi mnnth . 6V.W ffjjample oopleii tent tree on application. m h nrn MAT up. koundos THIS PAPER teVr; Hewippr AdvertUliiB Huron (10 H1UUCH XWM NEW lUKl. I'noHPKCTH nfl wo go to prces nro Hint it will rnin. Jinny fnrmora deniro ruin. Tho hnrvost is fully ovor, ho lot it como. Tiik Ilniixn: is going ahead rapidly, and boforo ninny months Salem will havo connoction by bridgo witn joik county. Okkoon !h beginning; to produce some remarkably npoetly trotters. Tliero 1h no Hcction in the United StntcB thnt enn produco bettor horscB with hotter longs and bottom thnn Orogon nnd Cnliforniit. Piiinck Ai.KXANiwn, of Ihilgnrin, has boon mndo to abdicate hia throno, but nt tho presont titno tho projects nro moro thnn favornblo for tho prineo'a return and bio nbsoluto iKisstwsion of tho throno. It waa n bold strike, but did not win. Jack Powkiw, who hna been nn in mate of tho Orogon Stale Penitentiary rinco 1881, hna bocn pitrdoned out of thnt institution. Wo nro glad to see him released, na ho hnH been unjuNtly hold thoro nil theso yenra, nnd wo con cider thnt ho wns lesa to blnmo in tho raoo thnn tho other parties. Kkv. K. It. (Jkauv, ono of Oregon's foremost citizens, living nt Kugono City, ia reported na passing cnlinly nwny nt his homo HUrrounded by hia fnmily. Mr. Ocnry baa held for ninny yenra plnccH of trust, nnd is cloHclynllied with tho (beat interests of our Htntu. Ho iH a ninn who will bo missed in tho com mon walks of life throughout Oregon. Tm: gnln fortnight thnt cornea to Sa 1cm this year will begin September 8 by a grand display of liromen nnd thoir apparatus, followod by u lino iiold ol contests. Tho nniuml tournament prom ises to bo uiuiHiinlly attrnctivo, and sov oral contesting teams will como hero moro thnn strong, bet all who enjoy athletic sports attend. Half fnro on nil tho railroads. Oim Simiiai. Stoiiv entitled "Called Hack," by Hugh Conway, ia finished with this issue, and wo comincneo an other, which ia mi interesting Hhcrt sketch. Wo desire to get tho feeling of our render upon ibo publicntion of hucIi htorioa. Wo wish to ascertain if thoy nro liked and read. Similar aerial stories will appear from timo to time if our Tcndera deniro them. Why ia it that Salem mills only pay 1J conlN for wheat, when Jefferson, eighteen milcH farther from Portland, and lluona Viatn.even fnrlhor nwny, on tho river, pny 02 J to 03 centa n bushel? Since tho Kinnoya owned nnd opornted mills hero tho fnrmera in this vicinity huvo gotten lesa than tho market calls (or. Own your own grnnnriea and ninko ibo inilla pay for your wheat Hnvo good roada, ao thnt hauling nt any bea con of the year is possible Tm: Statu I-'aiu baa in prospect ono of tho boat seasons over had. Tho nee ivtnry informs us that tho speed pro gramme and rnco-trnok privileges will pny tho society fully $2,000. I.nst year it netted tho society about $800. Kvery department promises to hnvo a full representation, na well aa a meritorious display. Those desiring infurmntion must nddresa tho t-ecretnry, J. T. (Irogg, at once, nnd they will know juat what to da It is said that cattle art) dying in porta of Montana for want of water, tho long continued drouth having dried up iiiany amnll t-tronma. A party who bought a Inrgo lot of cattle from Hen Knipes to tnko to MUch City, where he proposed to convert them into canned beef, had the misfortune to have his (tannery burned. Several train loads of cattle arriving ono nfter another on tho top of the tiimiftor caused tho buyer wore loss, as the cattle had to ho khipucd to Chicago, whero they wero told for much ler-a than tho cost. It ia probable that Snipes may lose some thing by tho tranaaction, aa it ia under stood that tho chocks ho received for hia cattle had not been cashed Moro the tiro. Yakima Farmer. FRUIT CANNING IN 0BE00N. Tho other day we hnd a visit nt the farm from Mr. busk, of California, one of llio brothors of that nnmo whoso can ning operations are on n very extensive scale. Mr. busk visits Orogon nnd aa lorn with a viow of commencing nt some favornblo location an cntorpriso of thnt kind Hint will, if really launched in full force, bo n crent help to fruit growers in this vicinity. Ho expressed some disappointment nt finding littlo oncourneoinont for his schemo at Willnmotto pruno orebnrds, for while ho plonsnnlly conceded Hint bo found thcro tho best cultivated nnd cared for or chard ho had seen in Oregon, its fruit was choson chiofly for drying, with Homo for shipping in a grcon slntc, nnd not cnlculatod for ennning. Wo im proved tho opportunity to gnthcr tisoful infonnntion for the benefit of our rend ora on n subject that possesses very great importanco to nil farmers, nnd es pecially to nil fruit growers, nnd nil fnrmera should bo fruit growers. Mr. Lusk apoko only from tho viow n ennner would tnko, nnd gavo tis points for tho guidnnco of thoso who would ongugo in fruit growing to supply n dinner's needs. Of courso ho docs not understand Oregon fruits, and wo need not infer Hint ho expects our region to produco what Californin docs. There, tho ennning business, tnklng 100 na tho wholo product, enna fifteen per cent, of Unrtlctt pears, twenty-fivo per cent of apricots, thirty por cent, of poaches, fif teen of plums, nnd fifteen of cherries. Poaches must bo of largo sizo to main tain tbia avorago, nnd npricots niodium sizo. Aa to tho varieties of fruit need ed, it is not easy to dosignnto tho best kinds, for every district hna its prefer onco. Homo fruits nro firm nnd good on upland, whilo tho sumo kinds nro too tonder on river land. Mr. Lusk says Hint Weatom Oregon Hhould plant 100, 000 pear trees overy year, mostly Hurt letl. Other vnrietlos, that nro good Hhippcrs, arc Full llutter, Clnpp'a Fa vorite, Winter Nellis.Clnrgo, nnd Iiourro Kilter. All othera nro secondary, for tho Unrtlctt is tho piimo favorite for ennning nnd shipping. Peaches nro n groat nrticlo with din ners, nnd Mr. Luak thinks we should set out ono hundred thousand peach trccH nnnunlly, mostly free-stones nnd firm nnd Holid fruit. Nothing of worth precedes tho Karly Crawford, and Fooler. Tho Salway ia very late, and may not ripen well in tbia climate. Kvery growar must bo governed by tho experi ence of his section, nnd plant what suc ceeds there. This rule ia applicable to every kind of fruit to bo named in. this nrticlo. Ho says, plant 100,000 npricots, nnd wo any : if npricota thrivo with you, plant them nnd tnko tho chances. Ah to tho varieties to bo cultivated, wo have no information to give the reader. "Plant CO.OOO cherries," aaid ho. Now wo aro up to cherry growing, and only iiocd to know that canucra want n cherry of light color thnt will not stain tho syrup too much. Tho lloyiil Ann is tho favorite canning cherry. No othor fruit equals it, though many aro nicor flavor to eat. dinners uso no black cherry whatever. Othor sorts do for table uso and nro valuable for ship ping. They also can largely of plums, using only light colored fruit, and tho favor itos aro Coo'a Golden Drop, Yellow Kgg, and Washington. There aro somo oth ers fairly good, but those nro preferred. Mr. tuBk talked as if ho wero in his own State, and while tho fruits nnmed genoinlly thrivo in Oregon, it is doubt ful ns to some kinds, especially na to jH'nches nnd npricots. When peaches do mature with us, they aro luscious oating. Wo hnvo nover seen better lynches than aro grown in Salem, that bavo been aent to us from Mr. llendris at Wheatland, from Scth I.uelliug, Mil waukee, and from tho Columbia river nbovo Vaucouver. Tho writer is now planting fivo hundred ponch treea on n western hill sido near tho Willamette, on tho east of it. Wo know thnt they maturo thoroughly on snndy river bot toms. They cannot bo grown any and everywhere-, to bo sure, but thcro is room enough to plant out, in favornblo locations, all tho jwach treea tho coun try ought to produce, to supply nn im mense trade. Apricots may succeed whero poachea do, but they should not be ttken for granted. It will bo easy to ascertain what success is roalued by those who bavo triixl growing them. They aro much in demand nt tho Kast, and whilo usually an insipid fruit, cannors pay well for them, nnd one-fourth of their whole pack is apricots, ns our figures how. Wo shall bo glad to publish tho experienco of nny or all who have culti vated thorn, and nsk our friends to fur nish facta from their own knowledge. It is Mr. Lusk's opinion that every farmer should plant out six varieties of lato keeping npplcs, each man choosing for himsolf. Whon tho railroads aro finished, viz: the ono Last from a quina and tho Oregon it California road, thcro will bo n heavy demand for winter npplcs. California U giving up npplo growing bocauso mcro mo nppio is short-lived trco, so wo can count on hav ing n good customer for tipples in Cali fornia. Wo say boro that mnny old or chards can bo ronovatoil and mndo pro ductive with a littlo labor that tho first year's crop will ropay. Tho most desir able is tho Yellow Newtown Pipin, but otbora nro nlso popular nnd will pay well, if good kcopors. Canncrs uso largely of npplca, nnd tho timo will soon como when they will bo in good do lnnnd. THE BEST PAYING PRODUCT. Tho timo hna como when Oregon fnrmors find whent growing, tho gront staplo in tho past, to bo unproductive, nnd aro looking for somo relinblo means of production to cnnblo them to hvo in comfort, nsof old. Wo present to thorn fruit growing ns tno best, surest and most pennnnont resourco in this emer gency. Thoy will any : wo do not un derstand it; wo cannot afford to wait fivo yenra for roturns j wo have no cer tainty of a ninrkct. To theso objoctiona wo respond : 1. TIlO WH.LAMKTTK FAKMKIl Will mnko tho planting of fruit trees under stood nnd nnswer nil rcasonablo ques tions. 2. An oichnrd takos but a few ncrca, nnd if you plnnt out five ncrca n year you will booh hnvo a fortuno growing. This will not interfere with your regular farming operations, and troca can bo furnished at modorato pricoa. So wo say, plnnt thorn. 3. Aa to n market : wo shall soon hnvo four transcontinental roads, nnd tho Canadian road besides, nlong tho lino of which thcro will bo a demand for grocn fruitc whilo canncrs will bo glad to como hero mid work on fruita that can bo hnd cheap enough nnd pos sess n liner navor aim ootier auustnncu thnn nny Cnliforniit can grow. No man of sonso can doubt tho reliability of our fruit market, nnd if wo do not raise enough to mnko it worth compoting for, capital will not wasto timo on us. California grows millions of bushola of tho fruit wn doiud competition of shipper who bond fruit Kast a train n day lately drovo canncrs out of tho Held, na wo saw in tho California pn pors. It would bo n great matter with eminent to hnvo poachoa nnd npricots, thnt constituto half of tho wholo pack in Californin. It ia possible to grow fine ponchos here, tho finest known, but be cause thoy do not succeed everywhere thoro is nn idea prevalent thnt thoy can not bo grown reliably. It is proven that thoy grow well on river bottoms ns far up as Oolvillo on the Columbia, and Hoisn City on tho Snake, nnd above I-ow-iston on tho Olearwntor, 00 to 700 inilea inland. Thoro nro sound peach trees, old ones, bearing well on Hrown's Island, just nbovo Salem, and thoy do woll in our Salem gnnlons. Thoy do well in mnny places nlong tho Columbia nnd "Willamette, nnd wo know of trees planted by a pioneer who brought the peach stones across in 1813, nnd planted thoni on his donation claim n year or so later. Tbcso aro ovor forty years old, yet thoy bear regularly. Ono blow down, yet keeps on producing peaches in its prostrnto condition. Peaches and npricots bear considerably tho third year, so give quick returns. Thoro nro ninny favorable locations whero they should do well, nnd aa thoy nro a neces sity in canning to make up n varioty, wo MfriT grow tlicni if possible. It overy ninn sot out fifty Karly Crnwfordsnnd Foster and sec how thoy do. It won't require much bind, and will speedily test tho question. . If wo can grow good tablo grapes tho roads running cast will tnko them to plenty of markets. Wo never havo known if tho Milwaukee vineyard, closo by tho railroad, was a success. It is probablo that Hrother A. It Shiploy, of Oiwego, who oxperimonta largely and practically, can givo valuable in formation on grape culture in Oregon, and wo iuvito him to favor us with his valuable experience. Mrs. Shipley is also a capable writer, and wo shall bo glad to bear from them. If othore of our readers can givo personal experi ence or observation on grapo growing, wo urge them to do so. Wo propose to mako tho Fauukk especially valuablo aa an exponent of fruit culture in tho groat region known aa tho Pacific VrvrDitrp.it nnd nvinr-dt Hlt Hid 811(1 CO" operation of all persons interested from; 1 W .. V..4W .. --- - . Spoknno nnd Whatcom to Itoguo rivor nnd Goofo lake. There is no subject pos'ossing greater importanco than this, because it offers a auro and safe re course to farmers in this section for re liable returns for use of hind, time, money and labor. VA1.UE OF CHOICE FRUIT. Our Oregon pcoplo have but littlo idnn of tho value of fruit, and do not comprehond the fact that tho moro fruit wo grow the hotter tho demand will bo. Now wo do not grow onougli to mako it an object for men to ongngo largely in tho business of handling fruit, whereas, in California they grow ao much that fruit trains gq Kast daily, ami tho com petition between cannera nnd shippers keep tho prico at a high figure. Market reports in tho dnily press at San Fran cisco, for years pnst, show that cnunera hnvo pnid audi pricc9 that fruit-growers hnvo mndo fortunes, as woll as tho can nera. From tho best authority wo nro informed that canneta hnvo pnid for np ricots, peaches, choice plums of whito varieties, and lhirtlett pears, thrco to four conta a pound, nnd for chorrios six to eight centa. Tbia nvcrngos $1,150 to $2.00 per bushel for all tho rost, and S2.G0 to $1.00a bushel for chorrica. It requires no nrguinpnt to provo thnt theso nro paying rates. It ia upon EUch returns ail this that wo hear of pruno orchards giving $350 nn ncro nnutinl income. Two hundred pruno or plum, or of peach and npricots, can bo put en nn ncro. Whon troca havo mndo their growth thoy will Inat for a generation, and nvcrngo three hundred bushola per ncro and at $l.f0 por bushel tho returns will bo nmplc. Supposing tho yield to bo hnlf that, and tho prico only half, still tho returns will pay tho farmer bettor thnn any other crop ho can grow. That waa tho way wo reasoned years ngo when wo began planting, nnd, ao far, tho result justifies our early viowb. Lnst year, from twelve- aoroa, wo hnd $2,000 worth of product, nnd tho trees not nearly grown. Mr. Lusk, who is quoted clsowhoro, says ho finds a great tliflercuco in the sumo fruit grown hero and in Californin. Our trees seem to grow to root, whilo theirs quickly mnko n heavy top. Hero fruit goes to sugar, whilo in California it is acid. Ho says thoro is n fiuor flavor to fruit nnd veg itabloa grown hero, whilo they may not bo ao large. So that our products pos fesa grcntcr vnluo for nil purposes. As a ciiuncr ho is impressed with tho fact thnt Oregon fruita nnd vegetables will furnish it much better canned nrticlo for commorco thnn Californin docs. Ho expressed himself plainly on this point, but ns to Stirling a cannery hero, much or all depends on the prospect for u supply of fruit ttr justify tho outlay. A cannery establishment, on n scale to pny to advantage, will need n groat supply of fruits nnd vegetables. Ho visited Drowns Island and other bottom land in the Willamette, nbovo Salom, nnd bo camo satisfied that wo can raiso com, tomatoes, peas nnd beans without diffi culty. Thoy may feol assured thnt if thoy are in earnest in tho matter, thoro will speedily develop a fruit supply to justify their effort and pay them well for their ontorpriso. True, ennnors need particular varieties, but if thoy put buyers in tho country, oarly in tho senson, to cngngo fruit, thoy will find that almost overy fiirmor can furnish something. There nro many Bartlott pears wasted each year, also, cboico plums nnd cherries. Of courso, they como hero to tako ndvnntngo of our isolated position, and being first nnd only in tho Hold to buy cheaper than in in California. Our farmers need not bo timid about planting fruit trees, becauso tho timo is nt band thnt before trees can mnturo and produco there will bo n good demand and a strong competition. As a fniit-growor tho writer oxpresses his confidence thnt a good orchard is tho best property in tho State. Mr. Lu6k says our orchard of forty acres nud 7,000 trees should (nnd would in Californin) yield n revenue of $250 an ncro n yenr. We givo his voluntary opinion so that farmers may have moro faith in treo planting, not from any de sire to bo egotistical. Tho troublo is that fow nro willing to sot out treea and cultivate them for five years without ro turns, but if carefully treated your tree is a friend for lifo that will givo you a handsomo profit every year. As we look at it, thoro is every induce ment for experienced men to commonce the canning of fruita and vegetables in this valley. Wo can already furnish tho fruits for afair beginning, and as soon as people learn that cannors moan businosa, fruit will bo sent from overy county from tho Columbia to Siskiyou. Tho O. & C. road has given a low rnto on green fruit furnishes inducement for a beginning, Our small fruits also are superior, nnd ns noon nn thoro ia n be ginning mado to demand them thoy can bo grown in profossion. Of Into we hnvo moro confidence in tho growing of peaches and npricots. Wo certainly grow tho finest flavored fruita possible, nnd tho yiold is abundant. Canning will soon begin hero on n largo scalo, and will' givo to fruit-growers a lino profit, so wo urgo to plnnt trees nnd shall keep it up henceforth. VALUE OF AOEICULTURAL FAIRS. Our Stato Fnir attracts people who gcnornlly como for pleasure, to meet old friends nnd sec what is to bo Been. Young and old aro calculating boforo hand that they will havo a good timo nt tho fair; thoy camp under tho oak grovos nnd often a cluster of friends put their tents near oach other. Many hnvo their shanties built on tho grounds whero thoy havo more comfort than thoy can get out of canvas walls. Tho evenings nro mndo bright by camp fires and lively circles cluster nround thorn. There nro nttrnctions for nil sparo hours nnd often thcro nro devices on the grounds thnt should not bo pormittod. Our camp ground is woll calculated for tho purpoBo and pooplo go thcro for a holiday rather than for business. How to utilizo tho occasion and con fer information na woll as enjoyment is a mntlor of importanco. Thoso who attend a really good fair cnu lenrn a great doal of value. Tho young can aco stock of all kinds and study un dcrstandingly tho different broods and methods of breeders. Proper enjoy ment and sound information can go reasonably together nnd thoso who at tend n good Stato or County fnir enn ncqniro valuablo information Hint will bo of uso in their own farming opera tions. It ia only natural that men should talk over tho tubject of farming and discuss their sovcrnl methods of work. Thus with what thoy boo nnd hear combined, education goes on nnd mon go back homo wisor thnn whon thoy went to tho fnir. Somo go merely to gossip, sco horso races and find fault with what thoy can't understand; but cvon theso must pick up somo little by observation, oven ngninst their will. Tho management of tho fair should aim to call out good display of products from careful farmers to excito emulation on tho part of all who really dosiro to mako progress. Kvcn as a sou re o of logitimato pleasure agricultural fairs bavo great vnluo and if thoy rcnlly enn bo mndo to represent tho best mothods of agriculture; tho best breeds nnd methods in r-toek raising; tho vnluo of horticulture and in fact nil things n fnr mor has interest in. If every county had an agricultural society and main tained nn annual fair, tho Stato fair could then represent thorn nil collec tively nnd would possess vastly greater intorcst. Whilo tho Stato Fair is too distant for n general nttcndauco thoro is no farmer who cannot attond his own county fnir, therefore tho county fairs aro very im portant. Thoy afford cvory farmer n chnnco to sec tho best products nnd stock of his section and so aro educa tional ; thoy gather at tho county scat a good exhibit of tho products of that section, and by transferring thoso to tho Stato Fair wo secure nn cxcollcnt show ing of tho products of ovory locality. Tho vnluo of local fairs, nnd of tho Stato Fair, is hardly understood. At tho coming Stnto Fnir efforts should bo mado to secure organization of county societies under the co-operation of the Stnto Socioty. ltoiled potatoes left over should never bo honped up warm to steam ono anoth er. Thoy should bo laid out on a table, and are then ns good for frying or mashing na whon first cooked. Unnecessary Misery. Probably ns much misery comes from constipation na from any dornngoment of tho functions of tho body, nnd it ia difficult to cure, for tho reason that no one likes to tnko tho medicino usually prescribed. llAMiumo F'os were pre pared to obviato this difficulty, and thoy will bo found pleasant to tho tasto of women and children. 25 cents. At all druggists. J. J. Mack it Co., proprie- tors, S. F. MUFFINS Are rot nemnrlly bJ, on the oontrwy they tr netir Ud wbn rilc4 wtUi Warner's Safe Yeast The IlouMtMptrt frleud. It 1 Pure, Wbclrtonie, ana Health froeninr. 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